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Casmaria

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Casmaria was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cassis (Casmaria) by Foster (1965).

It was assigned to Cassis by Foster (1965); to Cassidae by Ladd (1977) and Ladd (1982); to Phaliinae by Wilson (1993); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Casmaria Adams and Adams
1965Cassis (Casmaria) Foster
1977Casmaria Ladd p. 32
1982Casmaria Ladd p. 40
1993Casmaria Wilson p. 231
2002Casmaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
genusCasmariaAdams and Adams 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Casmaria Adams and Adams 1853
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Casmaria erincaeus Linnaeus 1758
†Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin 1791
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Egypt C. ponderosa (42121)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu C. ponderosa (78043)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) C. ponderosa (96682)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) C. erinaceus (89294 89307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) C. cernica (89292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Cassis erinacea (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia C. unicolor (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya C. sp. (81036)